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Why schools are failing our boys

May 20, 2013
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Why schools are failing our boys

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The system is leaving boys behind ... Photo: Getty Images

Boys will be boys, they tell us, but how many of us actually take this adage to heart and embrace it?

I am the mother of four boys, now all adults. If I think back to their childhoods and adolescence, it’s a whirlwind of...
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Girls outperforming boys in "masculine" subjects (UK)

July 5, 2012
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Girls outperforming boys in "masculine" subjects (UK)

Girls are outperforming boys in traditionally “masculine” subjects such as engineering and construction, despite repeated attempts to close the education gender gap, it emerged today. New figures show teenage girls are more likely to achie...
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Gareth Malone’s Extraordinary School for Boys

January 26, 2012
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Gareth Malone’s Extraordinary School for Boys

About The Program Choirmaster Gareth Malone teaches in a primary school in Essex for one term. It is a school like many across Britain, with a significant gap between girls' and boys' achievement in literacy. Last week we saw Gareth and the boys tree-...
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Gareth Malone’s Extraordinary School for Boys (UK)

January 26, 2012
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Gareth Malone’s Extraordinary School for Boys (UK)

About The Program Choirmaster Gareth Malone teaches in a primary school in Essex for one term. It is a school like many across Britain, with a significant gap between girls' and boys' achievement in literacy. Last week we saw Gareth and the boys tree-...
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Male teacher numbers falling over abuse and pay concerns

September 22, 2011
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FEAR of being accused of child sex crimes and higher pay in non-government schools are being blamed for a 4 per cent fall in the number of men teaching in NSW public schools. While the number of male teachers in private schools has risen 20 per cent, g...
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